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Challenge: Shallow DOF Landscape (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM
Location: New Harbor, Maine
Date: Jun 16, 2014
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 50
Shutter: 10 seconds
Date Uploaded: Jun 19, 2014

 This is actually part of a photo that I took for the 10 Second challenge... at f/22! The photo I wanted to use was essentially the same shot Neil entered from a GTG, so I had to find an alternative to avoid the awkward duplicate. I noticed that this 10 second exposure rendered the lighthouse reflection as an extremely smooth blur in the water, so I turned it upside down and took advantage of the sharpness of the surrounding foreground (I didn't blur the background at all). Coincidentally, the rock at Pemaquid just happens to be gneiss, so I lucked out all around.

Statistics
Place: 1 out of 77
Avg (all users): 6.9494
Avg (commenters): 7.9000
Avg (participants): 6.8500
Avg (non-participants): 7.0513
Views since voting: 2670
Views during voting: 218
Votes: 79
Comments: 26
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 06/29/2014 01:55:25 AM
This is just fantastic! To try to distill its sublime aesthetics into words would, by my hand at least, only do it injustice: indeed, this master work speaks best for itself.
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 06/28/2014 09:46:47 PM
Congrats on the blue! Lovely, creative take on the challenge.
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 06/28/2014 08:42:05 PM
Congrats on the blue! Great POV!
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 06/27/2014 02:12:19 PM
Originally posted by markwiley:
I recognize the POV of Neil's shot, but not yours.

Were you upside down at the time?
 06/27/2014 12:19:44 PM
you faked a shallow DOF and got a blue ribbon. brilliant. well done.
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 06/27/2014 10:45:58 AM
Congrats on the blue. Pemiquid Point has done pretty well on DPC in the last month -- two blue ribbons and another top ten.



I have visited this site a few times. I recognize the POV of Neil's shot, but not yours.
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 06/27/2014 09:40:40 AM
Ohmy! How amazing is THIS! Love, LOVE it!
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 06/27/2014 09:39:18 AM
Congrats! Well done.
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 06/27/2014 09:24:00 AM
Been too long! Glad to see you back on the front page, Shannon. Congrats!
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 06/27/2014 06:55:30 AM
wow, well deserving of the blue, congrats!
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 06/27/2014 05:43:06 AM
Wtg Shannon, congrats on the blue.

Message edited by author 2014-06-27 05:43:36.
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 06/27/2014 04:08:10 AM
Congrats on the blue!!!
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 06/27/2014 02:27:47 AM
This is fascinating.... it is a lovely shot either way, but I am stunned by the difference that the 180 degree flip makes. I just had to turn it around in Photoshop to see it side by side, and .... wow...... amazing.
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 06/27/2014 12:28:34 AM
Congrats, Shannon. This is such a beautiful capture. I couldn't figure out what I was looking through. Then I read your notes and now I can only see the flip :)
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 06/27/2014 12:09:13 AM
Glad it did well for you!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/26/2014 11:43:54 PM
Unique perspective, well done, top three.
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 06/26/2014 11:18:09 PM
pfunny.
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 06/26/2014 10:41:06 PM
Very gneiss indeed. One of my ribbon choices.
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 06/26/2014 03:46:54 PM
Great title
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 06/24/2014 04:03:05 AM
Excellent
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 06/24/2014 03:31:17 AM
My favorite in this challenge! Love the orange highlights, the framing and the textures, and much more.

Message edited by author 2014-06-27 04:03:52.
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 06/23/2014 05:33:23 PM
Unique view! I really like this.
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 06/23/2014 01:38:36 PM
Nice perspective, but I'd love to see a little more of the scene beyond the fissure.
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 06/21/2014 12:40:26 PM
Nice gneiss!
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 06/20/2014 02:27:27 PM
Love this! One of my top favorites..
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 06/20/2014 04:22:43 AM
ok it makes a stand
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